Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-14
BISHOP WILSON.
He Delivers AN Abls Sermon TO a DenseIy
PACKED Congregation.

He Delivers An Abs Sermon TO DenseIy
Packed Congregation.
The largest congregation ever assem-
bled in single church in Fort Worth,
greeted Bishop Wilson at the Fourth
street Methodist church yesterday morn
ing. The weather was all that could be
asked, and it seemed that the whole
population WAS beut on taking advantage
Of the bright skies snd bracing atmos-
phere. THE GAZETTE had announced
that Bishop Wilson would occupy the
pulpit in the above church, and not
withstandirg the fact that Gil the pulpits
in the city were filed by able ministers,
still the fame of the learned bishop made
people go anxious to hear him, tnat
at an early hour all the seats ard every
available foot CT standing room in the ele-
CANT church were taken, and hundreds
left disappointed because they could not
gain admittance. Even the windows,
doors and class rooms in the rear Of the
pulpit were filled with people anxious
TO catch every word uttered by the dis
tinguished minister.
Bishop Wilson is of medium size,
slightly gray, and though he did not sp-
pear to be In good health, still he spoke
In a full, deep, round tone, and slthough
he spoke rapidly, his words could be
easily heard in the most remote parts OF
the building.
| He read for the morning lesson the
sixty second chapter of Isaiah, and after
a fervent prayer and a hymn, in which
most of the vast congregation joined in
singing, he announced his text from
Peter, -10-l1-l2: "Of which salvation
the p:ophets have inquired snd searched
diligently, who prophesied of the grace
that should come unto you; searching
what or what manner Of time the spirit
of Christ which was in them did signify
when it testified beforehand the sufferings
Of Christ and the glory that should follow
Unto whom it was revealed that not unto
themselves but unto Us they did minister
the things which are low reported unto
you by them that have preached the COS
pei unto you with the Holy Ghost sent
down from heaven, which things the
angels desire to look into.n
The Bishop spoke first OF the
theme of prophetic salvation
and said the fact tina: il
was made prophetic indicated its value
He then spoke Of the prophesies as large
contribution to the words stofehouse ot
thought, and said the prophets anticipated
something, and that sogaething included
salvation. 1t is term OF varying i'm
ports. When q man catches the first
glimpse Of God he has some idea Of SCI
vauion. He finds ability TO plan. II il
indeed a prophetic salvation. We haSt
terms to express the various degrees t
which men may attain. We use terms o.
special import. We speak OF it So the
final issue. There is nothing deaTer thar
heaven. Everything reaches It's zenith il
the word salvation. Here the BisboI
touched on the character snd conditions
Of mans life, and said they should bt
like God who created snd endowed him
He then told Of the vast possibilities O
man, and said where God il
st work and man is concerned
there is room for the creates
possibilities. He then turned his atten.
ton to the character and abilities CT those
through whom God promulgated thi:
prophetic salvation, snG showed that the.
were not men of small caliber who tool
their post on the mountain of Zion, bu
men who had stood before kings, and oc-
cupied the highest stations in life
Notwithstanding all this, salvation en-
crossed their thoughts. They were to b.
clothed in salvation as bride is adorned
J in her jewelry. They were clothed witt
salvation as with garment. Salvation
is an old provision, as old as the vlslol
, OF God, but it waited historic periods t,
} assert itself. We might blot out star
I and systems, and yet the foundation O
God stands secure. 1t lifts u
cut of the narrow present en
takes US forward into the future. II i
, the same yesterday, to-day, forever. On
gospel does not come from this sphere
It is the very base on which our soT
rests.
Here the changes CT human though
were alluded to and contrssted with IA
? stesdfastness Of the great plan Ct saliva
tiea. The fact that the SCIENCE OF I0l